Journal-box tie-strap.



F.L. BARBBR. JOURNAL Box TIE STRAP.

APPLICATION FILED JUL Y 13,1914.

1,1 1 5,886, Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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A CORPORATION OF NEVY JERSEY.

JOURNAL-BOX TIE-STRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application filed July 13, 1914. Serial No. 850,590.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN L. BARBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in J ournal-Box Tie- Straps; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to car trucks, and has for its object to provide an improved means for connecting the journal box tie straps to the cast truck side frames.

In practice it has been found that the connection between thetie straps and side frames should be vertically adjustable, for the reason that the wheels, when worn down and turned up, are considerably reduced in diameter, and as the wheels are successively turned and reduced in diameter, shims are placed on the tops of the journal boxes, so as to keep the car at the normal height at'the draw bar.

In the accompanying drawings, there are illustrated two schemes for connecting the tie straps to the side frames with freedom for vertical adjustments.

In the said drawings, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevation with some parts broken away, showing a cast truck side frame and a tie strap connected thereto, in accordance with this invention; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1 but illustrating a somewhat modified construction; and Fig. 4: is an end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 3. I

The cast truck side frame is indicated, as an entirety, by the numeral 1. In the construction illustrated, in Figs. 1 and 2, this side frame is provided with integrally cast tie strap brackets 2 that are extended in a vertical plane and projected from the lower end portions of the said side frame, inward of the journal boxes. The said brackets 2 are provided with vertical slots 3. The tie straps 4, at their inner ends, are bifurcated or split, and these splitv end portions are turned up permit vertical adjustments of the tie straps, and the bolts permit the tie straps to be pivotally adjusted'so as to properly engage the bottom of the journal box, not shown. lVhen the nuts Gare tightened, the bifurcated coiled end portions of the tie strap will be frictionally clamped tightly .against the embraced web of the bracket 2.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4:, the cast side frame 1 is provided with a depending tie strap bracket't', the face of which is vertically extended but integrally connected to the side frameby keepers 8. The said vertical face or web of the bracket 7 is provided witha vertical slot 9, and the tie strap 10 has an inner end and form coils or eyes 5, through which and the cooperating slots 3, nut equipped bolts 6 are passed. The slots 3 that is turned upward therefrom at a slight angle thereto, and is provided with a perforation through which, and the slot 9, a nut-equipped bolt 11 is passed. Obviously, the slot 9 permits vertical adjustments of the tie strap 10 and the bolt 11, when tightened, securely holds the same in a desired vertical adj ustment.

hat I claim is:

1. The combination with a truck side with freedom for vertical pivotal movements and with freedom for vertical adjustments bodily, and means for securing said strap to said bracket in its said diflerent adjustments. j

3. A cast truck side frame having inte gral tie strap brackets formed with vertical slots, in combination with journal box tie straps, and bolts passed through said tie straps and the slotsof said brackets and adjustablv connecting said tie straps to said side frame.

4c. The combination with a cast truck side straps and adjustably connecting said straps frame having projecting tie strap brackets to said brackets. 10 formed with vertical slots, of journal boX In testimony whereof I affiX my signature tie straps having bifurcated inner ends in presence of two Witnesses.

turned into coils and embracing the co- FRANKLIN L. BARBER. operating tie strap brackets, and nut- Witnesses:

equipped bolts passed through the slots of CHAs. L. VALTON.

said brackets and the coiled ends of said tie 1VIABEL G. LAW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. G. 

